As a service provider ( www.netspaceindia.com ) we came across several quires from our customers around the globe one of the most asked query is ” how to make a backup of our website ? ” For shared customer we always recommend customer to take backup of your data at your local end.
So here we are explaining the requirement and steps for making a backup.
Why :
As number of website are growing day by day the data inside their database is also growing rapidly. As your website grows it is important to start backing-up your data so in case of any disaster / attack (Like : Gumblar Attacks) you can easily and safely restore your website.
How :
If you are a customer of www.netspaceindia.com and taken a shared hosting from us like Linux or windows hosting then you will should be having either Plesk (Windows ) or Cpanel (Linux) control panel, bellow are steps for backing-up your website :
Cpanel (Linux Shared Hosting) :
- Login to Cpanel from www.yourdomain.com/cpane
- Look For Backup option under Files Tab
- Under Full Backup click on “Download or Generate a full website backup”
- select backup destination (Select Home) and provide it with your email address.
- once the backup is completed you will get mail from your server.
- After the mail login into your Cpanel and follow step 1 to 3.
- Now you will see your backup file in the list.
- Click on the file name and download it.
Note : Cpanel backup file will have extension of .tar.gz which you can use to restore it latter or you can simply unzip it in your local PC.
Plesk (Windows Shared Hosting) :
- Login to your plesk panel from https://yourdomain.com:8443/
- Look for “Backup Manager” under file tab
- under backup manager click on backup
- give backup file any name
- UN-check “Create multivolume backup”
- under Store backup in select “Server repository”
- under Backup content select Domain configuration and content “All Configuration and Content”
- then submit backup button.
- After a while your backup will be completed and will show you under backup option in plesk
- You can download the backup file from there.
Please note that it is important that keep on downloading your backup from time to time.
Enjoy Hosting….
Shashi Kant Pandidhar
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Shashi Kant Pandidhar,
CEO - Of Abitindia Group and Founder of www.netspaceindia.com which is Indias fastest growing WebHosting company.
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